"If I tell you about her, what would I say?
That she'll live happily ever after? I believe she will.
That she is in love? That she'll remain in love? I'm sure that's true.
But when I think of her, the only thing that comes to mind is a poem,
whispered by someone in love,hundreds of years ago, unable to perceive the shape of you,
I find you all around me, your presence fills my eyes with your love.
It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere..."

Once it smiled a silent dell
Where the people did not dwell;
They had gone unto the wars,
Trusting to the mild-eyed stars,
Nightly, from their azure towers,
To keep watch above the flowers,
In the midst of which all day
The red sun-light lazily lay.
Now each visitor shall confess
The sad valley’s restlessness.
Nothing there is motionless—
Nothing save the airs that brood
Over the magic solitude.
Ah, by no wind are stirred those trees
That palpitate like the chill seas
Around the misty Hebrides!
Ah, by no wind those clouds are driven
That rustle through the unquiet Heaven
Uneasily, from morn till even,
Over the violets there that lie
In myriad types of the human eye—
Over the lilies there that wave
And weep above a nameless grave!
They wave:—from out their fragrant tops
External dews come down in drops.
They weep:—from off their delicate stems
Perennial tears descend in gems...

- Edgar Allan Poe

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"If I tell you about her, what would I say?
That she'll live happily ever after? I believe she will.
That she is in love? That she'll remain in love? I'm sure that's true.
But when I think of her, the only thing that comes to mind is a poem,
whispered by someone in love,hundreds of years ago, unable to perceive the shape of you,
I find you all around me, your presence fills my eyes with your love.
It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere..."

All false prophets create a heightened sense of looming danger that allows them to consolidate power to a tragic end. Historically, the reaction of the panicked people is to retreat to their respective "tribes," and there you see the rise of protectionism, nationalism, populism, xenophobia, nativism, racism, misogyny, and homophobia, with the corresponding reactions of increased hate speech and violence toward anything "foreign." ... Today, Trump is the West's most powerful false prophet.

—Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico

Truer words have never been spoken in one paragraph.

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~Anya~

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

~Washington Post

"...voting for a vulgar talking yam because he makes you feel good about hating all the right people is a very stupid way of deciding who should be president"

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.